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Increased relative wall thickness is a marker of subclinical cardiac target-organ damage in African diabetic patients
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence and covariates of abnormal left ventricular (LV) geometry in diabetic outpatients attending Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. METHODS: Echocardiography was performed in 61 type 1 and 123 type 2 diabetes patients. LV hypertrophy was taken as L...
Autores principales: | Chillo, Pilly, Gerdts, Eva, Lwakatare, Johnson, Lutale, Janet |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Clinics Cardive Publishing
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3721891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22447437 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2012-023 |
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